Perhaps Erling Haaland's father needs to change his lasagna recipe. When the burly Norwegian barrelled through the English top flight right from a brace on his Premier League debut, he put his prolific form down to the pasta dish his dad cooked up before each gameday.

For so long Erling Haaland has given the impression of being impervious to outside noise. Roy Keane once even likened his general play to that of a League Two player but it made little difference: Manchester City’s prolific No.